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 Année Lumière 2015 Year of Light Algeria
Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara

The December
Winter Retreat

in the Aures Mountain range

Training in Astrophotography and Telescope Handling

Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara

18-20 Dec - 2015
El-Kantara & Rhoufi: W. of Batna & Biskra

The Golden Shot at Rhoufi
by Mohamed Aissa Moussa


The starry night and the overarching Milky Way above the Rhoufi canyon


Pedagogical sessions
Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara CRAAG Faycal Demri
A session with Faycal Demri from the CRAAG on the use of telescopes.
Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara
The Rhoufi canyon with its troglodytic dwellings on the flanks of the mountain.

Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara
At El-Kantara down the Oued. It is considered to be the door of the Sahara.

Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara
Younes in action
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Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara
Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara
Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara
Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria Sidi Okba
Involving the local inhabitants to the observing sessions

The starry sky above the Rhoufi canyon from the Hotel (Picture Aziza).
At the Dechra el-Hamra next to the El-Kantara Canyon
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Rhoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria Sidi Okba
At Sidi-Okba City
named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there along with many Sahaba

Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria Sidi Okba
Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria Sidi Okba
At the Sidi Okba mausoleum
Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria Sidi Okba
At the Rhoufi terraces in the Batna Wilaya
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Kheiro photographing the group


Crossing the Oued (Anti gravity shoes?) ...

At the bottom of the Rhoufi canyon

At the Kherrata Canyon, above the old Roman bridge

The astronomical camp at Kherrata with a nice starry sky
(Picture Aziza)

A collective picture of the group.


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